The man whose bosom neither riches nor luxury nor grandeur can render happy may, with a book in his hand, forget all his torments under the friendly shade of every tree; and experience pleasures as infinite as they are varied, as pure as they are lasting, as lively as they are unfading, and as compatible with every public duty as they are contributory to private happiness.

Laugh as loud as you please at your companion's wit; do not even smile at his folly.

When soured by disappointment we must endeavor to pursue some fixed and pleasing course of study, that there may be no blank leaf in our book of life. Painful and disagreeable ideas vanish from the mind that can fix its attention upon any subject.

Never suffer the prejudice of the eye to determine the heart.

The purse of the patient often protracts his case.

In the sallies of badinage a polite fool shines; but in gravity he is as awkward as an elephant disporting.

Troops of furies march in the drunkard's triumph.